PLUS: PRO FOOTBALL -- JETS; Elliott and Fabini Fined for Brawl

The veteran offensive lineman Jumbo Elliott and his teammate Jason Fabini were spared jail time by a Nassau County judge for instigating a summer bar brawl that injured several patrons and three police officers.

Elliott, 34, was fined $250 and ordered to perform 50 hours of community service for his part in the July 10, 1999, fight. A disorderly conduct charge against Fabini would be dropped if he avoided arrest for the next six months, said Judge Joseph Calabrese.

Elliott admitted punching one bar patron and urinating in a women's bathroom sink inside Bogart's, a popular Jets hangout on Long Island. He, Fabini and their ex-teammate Matt O'Dwyer were drunk and became violent after arriving at the bar, prosecutors said.

''I'm happy it's over,'' said Elliott. ''This is good, to get the issue resolved so I can move on and deal with other things.''

Fabini played a lesser role and received a lesser sentence. O'Dwyer, now with the Cincinnati Bengals, previously pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and third-degree assault in connection with the brawl.